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Digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech

ca. 1963

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital color image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech. King is depicted close up, in profile. He holds his proper right hand in front of his face, both of which are bathed in light while the rest of the photograph who blends into the black background.

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Catalog reference: 2016.157.67

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